430 Mr. W. R. Ogiivie-Grant on 
S. climacurus, the male from Jebel Ain (No. 57) being 
intermediate in tint between the two types. 
[The Long-tailed Nightjar was the commonest of its kind 
on the White Nile. It was sometimes found in companies 
of from four to seven under bushes. I found several clutches 
of its eggs, which were not previously represented in the 
British Museum Collection.— R. M. H.] 
87. Macrodipteryx macrodipterus. 
Macrodipteryx macrodipterus (Afzel.) ; Grant, Ibis, 1900, 
p. 312. 
a-d. S % ^^ S inim. Kaka, 3rd-7th May. Nos. 427- 
429 & 446 t. 
Iris dark hazel ; bill, legs, and feet dusky. 
[I met with the Standard- winged Nightjar on three 
occasions and procured one q^^j which was laid on the bare 
ground near a game-path at Kaka. — R. M. H.] 
88. Melittophagus pusillus. 
Melittophagus pusillus P. L. S. Miiller ; Grant, Ibis, 1900, 
p. 313. 
Merops pusillus Witherby, p. 262; N. C. Roths. & 
Wollast. p. 23. 
a. ^ . Khartum, 23rd Jan. No. 1. 
b. S ' Fashoda. 30th March. No. 247. 
c. S- Kaka, 29th April. No. 408. 
Iris crimson ; bill and legs black. 
[The Rufous-winged Bee-eater was seen in a garden at 
Khartum, and all along the river as far south as Fashoda. — 
R. M. H.] 
89. Merops viridis. 
Merops viridis Linn. ; Sharpe, Cat. B. Brit. Mus. xvii. 
p. 78 (1892). 
Merops viridissimus Swains. ; Witherby, p. 262 ; N. C. 
Roths. & Wollast. p. 23. 
«, b. S. Kaka, 8th-13th March. Nos. 124, 131. 
c. ? . 20 miles N. of Fashoda, 8th April. No. 303. 
t Breeding ; egg obtained. 
